39*23t said:true but as cipo will tell you "the giro aint no tour" (but in italian)
This year (looking at the course) the Tour ain't no Giro.
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39*23t said:true but as cipo will tell you "the giro aint no tour" (but in italian)
karlboss said:The interesting part will be to see which teams work to pull in breaks.
karlboss said:So Columbia won't hold anything back for GC? I thought they might and hence some more breaks might succeed. I imagine we'll see one rider from each sprinter's team not in the break pulling, a little, to get them back to within sight, and maybe columbia will put 2 up. The finale they'll try for the train and everyone will get involved.
karlboss said:So why take GC riders at all? Maybe so they can contest for KOM, probably not a bad way to go actually, good publicity in securing loads of stage wins plus KOM and green jerseys. Can attack all day and not be considered a fool and who knows if a long points gathering day works out...
and cav is not a liability, unless you refer to the fact he isn't much help in a GC fight
anubisza said:On a personal note, I'm disappointed Barloworld didn't get an invite this year, would have loved to see Robbie Hunter give it a crack.
Too bad he's not riding the Tour this yearDJ Sprtsch said:According to radsport-news.com Greipel wants a stage win & to have a go at the green jersey.
Jasper said:Too bad he's not riding the Tour this year
WildspokeJoe said:C'mon the answer is SO obvious.
Boonen!
Remember there's a white line at the of the race!
(too easy but I couldn't resist)